HP-UX Host Intrusion Detection System Version 4.1 Administrator's Guide

4 Using the System Manager Screen

This chapter describes the tasks you can perform using the HP-UX HIDS System

Manager screen. This chapter addresses the following topics:

• “Starting the HP-UX HIDS System Manager” (page 59)

• “Stopping the HP-UX HIDS System Manager” (page 59)

• “System Manager Components” (page 59)

• “Getting the Status of Agent Hosts” (page 62)

• “Resynchronizing Agent Hosts” (page 63)

• “Activating Schedules on Agent Hosts” (page 64)

• “Stopping Schedules on Agent Hosts” (page 65)

• “Starting HP-UX HIDS Agents” (page 61)

• “Halting HP-UX HIDS Agents” (page 65)

• “Accessing Other Screens” (page 66)

— “Schedule Manager Screen” (page 67)

— “Host Manager Screen” (page 67)

— “Network Node Screen” (page 67)

— “Preferences Screen” (page 68)

— “Returning to the System Manager Screen” (page 68)

From the System Manager screen, you control and monitor the activities of surveillance

schedules on agent host systems. Using this screen you can:

• Start and stop surveillance schedules

• Poll agents

• Resynchronize alerts with agent hosts

• Move to other screens, where you can:

— Specify agent hosts

— Create and modify schedules

— View the alert and error logs for each agent host